Word: weaknessness
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The Red Sox biggest weakness for the past decade has been their failure to have a solid one-through-five rotation. The expression “Pedro, Lowe and pray for snow” hasn’t quite caught on like “Spahn, Sain and pray for...
Arcand (The Decline of the American Empire) has a gift for witty dialogue but a weakness for force-feeding his story with sentiment. References to ancient holocausts and to 9/11 simply expose the intent of a director who will do anything to touch his audience--with a sweet gesture or...
The tragedy of Sept. 11 made things politically possible that never might have been otherwise. The defeat of Vietnam-maimed Sen. Max Cleland on grounds that he was unpatriotic, the prosecution of pre-emptive war in Iraq, the detention of suspects without trial or counsel, the suspension or revisions of...
Noises Off does not pretend to be great drama; indeed, its lack of a compelling plot is its biggest weakness. It is no more or less than a well-constructed farce, heavily dependent on the energy and skill of a cast to bring it to life. In this, despite some...
In a moment of Thursday-night-lull weakness (not to mention moral weakness, according to the RIAA), I downloaded Clerks last week. I got through about an hour of its grainy black and white glory before conceding to the sullen stack of books that sat accusingly on my desk. Before...